Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

Nytt stort labbhus i Lund invigt – här är bolagen som flyttar in

Medicon Village har fått en ny laboratoriebyggnad. I dag invigdes huset med bandklippning av arbetsmarknads- och integrationsminister Mats Persson (L) och bygge...

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Eternal Rye – Improving Plant Breeding Methods

User story from Martin Luther University Halle.

Aurevia

Uppgifter: Sanofi tar in bud på konsumenthälsodivision

Den franska läkemedelsjätten Sanofi ska enligt uppgifter ha bett om initiala bud för sin konsumenthälsoverksamhet, som är värderad till runt 20 miljarder dollar.

”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”

Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.

Negativa studiedata ett bakslag för Moberg Pharmas USA-ambitioner

Nya studieresultat bedöms försämra möjligheten till kommersialisering i USA av Moberg Pharmas läkemedel mot nagelsvamp.

Spatial Biology Studies in Lung Tissue using Spectral Microscopy

Spectral imaging with the ZEISS LSM 980 laser scanning confocal enables more complex studies of cell-cell interactions and locations in immunology research.

From the sea of Åland to a self-test for lithium

Four years ago, a meeting on the sea of Åland resulted in the development of a self-test for lithium levels in the blood. The hopes are that the test will be av...

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

Oncozenges tablett mot munsmärta utlicensieras för Gulf-regionen

Oncozenge har ingått ett licensavtal med Dubaibaserade Avernus Pharma om kommersialisering i Gulf-regionen av Bupizenge, en sugtablett under utveckling för beha...

SGS Fimko Ltd.

Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed

Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borreb...

Positiva data för vaccin i pulverform – ”Fungerar lika bra”

En ny studie indikerar att ett nytt influensavaccin, som utvecklas av Abera Bioscience i samarbete med Orexo, fungerar både som sprej och pulver.

Wusson Accelerator AB

Faster development of reliable sample handling

Festo USA has collaborated with PerkinElmer to develop a compact sample handling solution for a global leader in manufacturing medical devices. Thanks to the cu...

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Vinnova is going to establish a new innovation cluster

Vinnova, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, has been commissioned by the government to establish a national innovation cluster for advanced medicines.

Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study

In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one...

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.